Bouncing toy



A. R. KAY

May 19, 1925.

BOUNCI NG TOY Filed June 50, 1923 I/wE/v 70/7 Ptented May 19, 1925.

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Application nled .hine 80, 1928. Serial No. 648,712.

,To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsnn R. KAY, a citizen rof the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, lave invented certain new and useful Iniprovements iii Bouiicing '1`oys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nventi'on, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and iise the same.

This invention relates to .a toy designed for bouncing, rolling and somersaulting wliich will aniuse and fascinate and ma y be constructed so as not to injure a child. if struck with the toy by another child in the heat of play.

Particularly an aiin isto provide a toy adapted to be dropped or thrown liaving a resilient member to bounce from one end of a passageway to the. oppositeend to cause the toy to soinersault in landing and to assume different positions in landing prof portional to the rebound of said member,

Another important object 'is to'provide such a toy designed to represent a character and utiliziiig a tube'for travel of a resilient ball therein and whichtube has its ends closed by cloth or other means to be engaged b'y the ball.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the specification herein after following taken in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawing I Figure l is a front elevation of the toy;

Figure 2 is a central section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but i showing the toy inverted.

In the several views, like reference characters designate like or similar parts.

. In reducing the toy to practice, I provide a tube 4 which is preferably open at both ends and may be made from paste board in order to retain its shape and yet not be harmful to a child if struck therewith. If preferred, the tube may be made of inetal or any other material. surrounding the. tube 4, is a cloth coveringY 5. Tube 4: is closed at the lower end by a flexible pocket 6, which may be made of cloth, and stitched at 7 to the tube 4. VAt the opposite end of the tube 4, is a cloth orother flexible pocket 8, stitched to the same as at 9 and over which stitching 9 a band 10 is secured, as by stitchiiig, to give a better finish and appearance. Within the tube 4 and pockets 6 and 8, a rubber or other resilient ball 11 is adapted to travel, and which is'preferably of less diaiiieter than that ofthe tube or pocket.

The toy may be representative of any suitable figure or object and to this ciid the cloth tube 5 may have a face of a clown delineated thereon as at 12 and the pocket 8 suitably decorated to form a head covering. A flexible or cloth body 13 inay be secured to the `tube 5 as at 14, enclosing the pocket 6. This body is representative of that of clown and particularly includes arms 15 and legs 18.

In use, the toy is adapted to be dropped directly upon the ground or forcibly thrown onto the ground or against a wall,.so that the ball 4 will strike the same and on the rebound will travel from one pocket to the votlier pocket causing the toy to soinersault and move accordingly, landing either with the pocket 6 or the pocket 8 uppermost, according to and proportional to the degree of rebound of the ball 4.

kThe fascinating feature of the doll is that i at times it will, after having been bounced, land and remain standing on its head while at other times it will land and remain in a sitting position. With practice, the doll may be thrown to the floor so as to rebound upon a chair or box, alighting and retaining, at times, the first mentioned positions. It may also be made to rebound through a hoop, or 'to hurdle an object, so placed for that purpose.

It is to be understood that I have shown merely one form or construction whereby my objects are attained and the invention is practiced, in view of wliicli facts, various changes in' the details of construction and employment of means to accomplish the function may be resorted to within thie spirit and scope.

VVhat I claim as my invention is 1. A toy having a resilient member to impart movement to theltoy through impact, and said toy having a space in which said member travels to determine the landing position of the toy, the resiliency of said member being sufficient to be unafl'ected by the covering o f the toy and to carry the toy into the air after impact.

2. A toy havinga resilient member to impart movement t ereto, said toy having asp'ace in which said member travels to determine the landing position of the toy, means at opposite ends of the space to receive said member and to permit impact engagement thereof with an obstacle, the resilency of said member being suflicient to be unafiected by the covering of the toy and to `carry the toy into the air after impact.

3. A toy havin a resilient member to impart movement tereto and means at each end of the toy to receive said member to permit impact thereof with an obstacle, the resiliency of said member being sufficient to be unafi'ected by the covering of the toy and to carry the toy into the air after imact.

4. A toy having a tube, pockets at the ends Iof said tube, and a resilient member to' impart movement to the toy through impact with an object, said member being movable in said tubeI and pockets, and of sufficient resiliency to be unaffected byl the covering of the toy and to carry lthe toy into the air after impact.

5. A toy having a re-silient member to im-J part movement thereto through impact, having a tube in which said member travels, and flexible pockets at opposite ends of the tube into which said member extends, the resiliency of said member being suflicient to be unafl'ected by the covering of the toy and to carry the toy into the a'ir after impact.

6. A toy having a resilient member to consisting of a tube, a covering for said tube, flexible pockets at opposite ends of the tube secured to said'coverng, and said' resilient member consisting of a ball to travel in said'tube and pockets, the resiliency of said member being suflicient to be unaffected, by the covering of the toy and to carry the toy into' the air after impact.l

7. A toy having a. resilient member to impart movement thereto through impact, consisting of a. tube, a covering on said tube having a face delineated thereon, pockets stitched to said covering to close op osite ends of the tube, said pockets being o flexible material stitched to the covering, said member` being disposed to travel in said tube and pockets, and a body stitched to said covering, the resiliency of said member being sufiicient to be unafi'ected lby the covering of the toy and to carry the toy into the air after impact.

-8. A toy comprising a tube, pockets of flexible material secured to the ends of said tube,and a rubber ball loosely retained in said tube, said ball rebounding on impact with an object and carrying the retaining tube and pockets into the ar after impact.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSEL R. KAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN McGowAN, GEORGE F. MORAN.

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